World Youth Chess Championship kicks off in Caldas Novas, Brazil, on November 18.

Armenia’s line-up is as follows: Karen Grigoryan, Hovhannes Gabuzyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and Robert Aghasaryan.

In the 1st round, Grigoryan and Gabuzyan will clash vs. David Zhang (Canada) and Bernardo Vizzotto in U16 age category.

World silver medalist Samvel Ter-Sahakyan will face off against Elfer Cutipa Loayza (Peru), Youth Olympic Champion Robert Aghasaryan will rival Bernardo Vainzoff Stokbant (Brazil) in U18 age category.

Over a thousand chess players from 72 countries participate in the event.

Chess players will compete in 6 age categories – under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.